先日語学学校で、「This I believe」という短いエッセイを書きました。
This I believe
というのは1950年代のラジオで放送されていたコーナーで、各界の著名人が、自分の信念を2分間の短いメッセージに込めて語るというものだったそうで
す。
現在は非営利団体によって世界中からエッセイが集められていて、誰でもいつでもアクセス出来るようになっています。300字程度の短いエッセイなの
で、英語の勉強に読むにはもってこいです(アインシュタインのエッセイもあります、ちょっと難しかったけども。）
さて、そういったわけで私も学校の課題でこのエッセイを書いたのでありますが、思い切ってここに記載したいと思います。
だって、たまにはそういうのもいいかなって思って。照
ご飯が好きだぜ！！っというエッセイです。お暇な方、もしよろしかったら読んでみてください♡
Made from Rice
Kyoko Kato
Portland Community College
I
love rice. Mostly, I eat rice three times a day, for all meals.When
I
went to Philadelphia to see my family in law last year, I didn’t have
any chance to
eat rice for a whole week. I ate meat, cheese and bread basically. On
the fifth day, I told my husband, “I need rice, and I wanna go to an
Asian restaurant today. Can we?” Then he said yes, but we were invited
lunch and dinner from his family, so we couldn’t have rice...
On that
night, because I expected that I could eat rice, I cried.
I
immigrated from Japan a year and a half ago, and live with five
americans. Because of this situation, I realized that for me, no rice
means no life.
Then,
why rice is so important for me? I guess that is because rice is
connect to my core. I grew up in Japan with Shintoism which is belief of
the nature, and Buddhism. In Shintoism it is said that all the nature
is god, so when we eat food, it means we receive energy from gods. Also,
the teachings of Buddhism, we say “Itadakimasu” before meal which means
“thank you for life of food, I’ll take you”. It is the way to show
respect and thankfulness for food and life. Additionally, when I was
child, my mother, who is from the most famous place for rice field in
Japan, always told me that in each piece of rice, there is a god. You
are taking gods from nature, then you can survive. Be respectful for
that....
.....Gods in it.....Really.....!!?
That sounds very interesting. But, I think, I know it's a little bit weird, but I believe that. Thus, some part of my body is made from
rice, gods.
I
love rice. I didn't realize how much I love it when I lived in Japan.
But now, I’m in the U.S., in American culture, rice always fills my
belly and reminds me the respect and love for the nature. I calculated
about 65% of my body, brain, and cells are literally made from rice.
It’s my energy source, and also it shapes the nature of me.This I
believe.
以上です！ありがとう！！ふふふ〜、お米大好き♡
